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- Title
Emergency Palliative Care: Hospice Patients in the Emergency Department.
- Authors
Neugarten, Carter; Baldeo, Ryan; Engel, Kirsten; Wang, David; Lamba, Sangeeta
- Abstract
In this segment of the emergency department (ED) palliative care (PC) case series, we discuss a patient on hospice who presented to the ED for the management of acute symptoms and potential procedural intervention. Hospice patients frequently visit the ED and can challenge typical ED paradigms of care that often include resuscitative efforts and broad workups. Our patient had a history of advanced liver cancer, and his ED presentation was prompted by worsening abdominal pain from ascites requiring serial paracentesis. PC consultation was requested to help address the patient's symptoms and create a plan of care. The PC clinician played an important role in supporting aggressive symptom management, re-evaluating goals of care, addressing concerns about hospice, and facilitating changes in code status requested for a procedure.
- Subjects
LIVER tumors; PARACENTESIS; PALLIATIVE treatment; ASCITES; ABDOMINAL pain; HOSPITAL emergency services; PARADIGMS (Social sciences); HOSPICE care
- Publication
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2024, Vol 27, Issue 5, p707
- ISSN
1096-6218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/jpm.2023.0280